Urban Music News Iranian Rappers Help Organize Election Protests, Snoop Dogg To Raise $5 Mil

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Jun 24, 2009 Iranian Rappers Help Organize Election Protests, Snoop Dogg To Raise $5 Mil

Iranian Rappers Help Organize Election Protests  
Hip Hop's essence of political change and the voice of the people are in full affect in Iran! President Ahmadinejad won the presidential election but many Iranian's have accused the government of vote fraud. According to Iranian-based sources with AllHipHop.com , many of the protest riots have been partly organized by Hip-Hop artists. "Cellphones and text messaging as well as internet in Iran have been cut off in the government's attempt to curb communication between the youth so the rappers are making songs,...Its becoming the music of the revolution."

Snoop Dogg To Raise $5 Mil For Community Center  
Snoop is recording a song to donate proceeds to The Kroc Center, a new facility run by The Salvation Army . The Doggfather will record a track with all of the proceeds - an estimated $5 million dollars - going towards the facility. The rec center will include a gym, fitness center, gardening areas and other facilities to train athletes.

Alicia Keys and Whitney Houston Collabo!
The talented and oh so lovely Ms. Alicia Keys is rumored to have written a song with Whitney Houston titled "Million Dollar Bill". The song is slated to be on Keys' fourth coming untitled album releasing at the end of the year. Whitney Houston is also working on a come back album due this fall.

 

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